HP Chromebook 11 G8 EE Speaker Replacement

ID: 155243

Description: If you are experiencing poor audio quality,...

Steps:

1. Use a Phillips #1 screwdriver to remove:
2. Four 7 mm screws.
3. Two 8 mm screws.

4. Flip the device over and open the lid.
5. Use a plastic opening tool to pry the keyboard assembly away from the bottom case, prying around the perimeter until it fully separates.
6. Lift the keyboard assembly from the laptop towards you, away from the screen.

7. Lift the keyboard ribbon lock bar and use tweezers to disconnect the keyboard ribbon from the motherboard.
8. Lift the lock bar and use tweezers to remove the touchpad ribbon.
9. Remove the keyboard.

10. Peel back the film over the speaker's motherboard connector.
11. Disconnect the speaker cable from the connector on the motherboard.

12. Unseat the speaker cable from the routing channel of the battery.

13. Remove the four 3.5 mm screws from the base enclosure with a Phillips #1 screwdriver.

14. Lift the speakers off the base alignment pins to remove.